Sunday, April 22, 2007

Emergency Survival Kit Thoughts

I've been thinking about what should be in a survival kit that all of my "sports" take with them on one of my trips. Note that this is not my survival kit which will be more extensive. It needs to compact down into a small bundle and should include at least the required items in the orange "You alone in the Maine woods" book.

NOTE: this little survival kit is in addition to the whistle and compass I'll put on a lanyard around every client's neck

Emergency Survival Kit contentsthese items are deemed mandatory in the orange book:knife (you can use this for many things including splitting firewood and making fuzz sticks)waterproof matchesspare compassspare whistlerequired medicines and spare glassessurvival food (I need to look for something better than energy bars)

items not deemed mandatory in the orange book that I think should be in the kit"waterproof firestartersband aids and basic first aid kitled headlamp with spare batteriesmap of the areacopy of "You alone in the Maine woods" orange bookpencil stubflagging tape (long strips that can be hung in trees around the camp"space blanketsignal mirrorwater bottle with built in purifierparachute cord